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03.11.2022 16:22 The U.S. State Department is offering up to $5 million in rewards, seeking information to disrupt financial tools of persons engaged in illegal activities that support North Korea's weapons proliferation programs, money laundering, and specific cyber operations.

02.11.2022 15:41 A shadowy private Russian mercenary force with close ties to the Kremlin is attempting to boost its ranks in Ukraine by recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos and other security forces who fled to Iran following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, a former Afghan general tells RFE/RL.

02.11.2022 15:41 UN officials stationed at the Joint Coordination Centre for the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative have said there will be no movement of vessels on Wednesday, in the light of Russia's decision to suspend its involvement in the deal.

02.11.2022 15:41 Grain exports from three Ukrainian ports made possible under deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey will halt on November 2 after Moscow pulled out of the deal, Ukraine said on November 1 as Turkey attempted to find a way to get Russia to reverse its decision.

02.11.2022 15:41 Russia has ordered tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians living near the eastern bank of the Dnipro River to relocate, an order Kyiv says amounts to "forced displacement."

02.11.2022 15:41 The mayor of Kyiv says electricity and water supplies have been restored after a day of Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, including hydroelectric power stations, that caused blackouts, mobile phone outages, and reductions in water supplies.

02.11.2022 15:41 Russia has asked civilians to leave a swath of Ukraine along the eastern bank of the Dnipro, and has accused Kiev of plotting to use prohibited methods of war against its forces in the region.

02.11.2022 15:41 Plans to station nuclear capable B-52 bombers in the far north of Australia show that the U.S. military is seeking more deterrence options against China as its military strength increases, defense experts said.

02.11.2022 15:41 The death toll from two al-Shabab bombings in Mogadishu has risen to 121, Somalia's Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji Adam, said Tuesday.

02.11.2022 15:41 China's Huawei is building dozens of communications towers across the Solomon Islands, boosting mobile internet access ahead of next year's Pacific Games, but the country's most populous province continues to reject the Chinese-funded infrastructure.

02.11.2022 15:41 Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit to Beijing on Oct. 30 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping is being seen by regional analysts as a way of ensuring relations remain strong at a time when other allies, such as Russia, are focusing too much on regional conflict.

02.11.2022 15:41 Taiwan's navy says it is on course to launch its first domestically built submarine by May 2024, amid skepticism about the effectiveness of Taipei's indigenous submarine program.

02.11.2022 15:41 Russian President Vladimir Putin is relying on Iran to supply weapons for his war in Ukraine, which is a sign of his isolation, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during a news conference today.

02.11.2022 15:41 North Korea fired at least 10 missiles Wednesday, including at least three toward South Korean territory, an unprecedented launch that triggered alerts on televisions throughout the South and air raid sirens in an island province off the coast.

02.11.2022 15:41 On Thursday Oct. 27, the Defense Department released the public versions of three strategic documents — the National Defense Strategy, the Nuclear Posture Review and the Missile Defense Review — after having developed both the classified and unclassified versions of all three in conjunction with one another.